We could deport the vast majority of our illegal aliens, using a small fraction of the resources that we are devoting to our war effort in Iraq. And it would also make our country much safer, than the war effort in Iraq has done.

More people in the United States are killed EVERY year by illegal aliens than the number of our troops that have been killed in the four years since the start of the Iraq war. 4,300 people in 2006 were killed either by homicide or drunk driving committed by illegal aliens. I hardly call this a "bullshit wedge issue".

Bullshit wedge issue. Yeah. Let's throw all our resources after the illegals, and surely the tragedy at UW the other day would have been avoided. Sure. In the wingnut disopitan universe, it would have happened that way.

Democrat Seattle Pro-Illegal Alien Policies Enabled University of Washington Shooter Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 4, 2007 The man who killed Rebecca Griego at the University of Washington before taking his own life Monday had been living in the United States illegally for more than 10 years, immigration officials said Wednesday. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said Jonathan Rowan arrived legally at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in March 1996, carrying his visa waiver he obtained as a British citizen. That allowed him to stay in the country for 90 days. He used the name "Jonathan Rowan." After the 90 days expired, Rowan was in the country illegally, but he remained here, living almost underground. He worked odd jobs, including buying and selling cars and setting up Web sites. He had aliases and fake passports. And he lived in homes that were destined for demolition, so he moved frequently. ... Immigration agents prepared an administrative immigration warrant for his arrest when he wasn't found, but Rowan eluded them. Immigration agents weren't the only officials who came up empty-handed in a search for Rowan. A warrant for his arrest for failing to show up for a drunken-driving sentencing in January and a court order issued in March to keep him away from Griego couldn't be served on him because he couldn't be found. UW police also couldn't find him in mid-March after Griego wanted to press charges against him for calling her at her university office and threatening to kill her. Seattle police arrested Rowan for drunken driving June 30, but officers apparently didn't know he was in the country illegally. City law [passed by the all-Democrat Seattle City Clowncil] forbids Seattle police from inquiring about immigration status. Rowan had an old Washington state identification card, showed the officer a European license and said he hadn't obtained a state license, according to a police report. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/310357_uwshoot05.html

The hell of it is, George W. Bush could have been the popular leader of a united nation -- enthusiastically supporte by Democrats and Republicans alike -- if he hadn't chosen to take the partisan low road. The Bush presidency will go down as one of history's greatest missed opportunities, and George W. Bush will be remembered as a miserable failure. He has no one to blame except himself. He is his own worst enemy.

@13 Kiroking, I was making coffee and getting ready to go to work when Mrs. Rabbit phoned and told me to turn on the TV. I couldn't believe what I saw! In the days and weeks ahead, I was heartened to see our country pull together, and I was especially heartened by the outpouring of financial and emotional support for the firefighters, and for the victims and their families. On the day of this attack, and in the immediate aftermath, I never dreamed that Republicans would stoop so low as to exploit this act of war against all of us for promoting partisan hatreds and divisions within our own country. I can't put in words how angry I still am at you fucking lowlife traitor bastards for doing that. A small part -- a very small part -- of that anger was expressed by the American people at the polls last November. Get ready for a tsunami, because there's more of that coming your way. Now, go fuck yourself and pet your armadillo, you unpatriotic America-hating piece of shit!!!